Title Fugitive saints : Catholicism and the politics of slavery / Katie Walker Grimes

Published Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Sainthood and historical memory -- Claver's ministry for slaveocracy -- Claver as race-making ally of antiblackness supremacy -- The racialized humility of Peter Claver -- Coercive kindness : reconsidering Claver "from below" -- The racialized humility of Saint Martín de Porres -- Catholic sainthood and the afterlife of slavery -- Venerable Pierre Toussaint and the search for fugitive saints -- Toward a fugitive hagiography Summary "How should the Catholic Church remember the sins of its saints? This question proves particularly urgent in the case of those saints who were canonized due to their relation to black slavery. Today, many of their racial virtues seem like racial vices. This book proposes black fugitivity, as both a historical practice and an interpretive principle, to be a strategy by which the church can build new hagiographical habits. Rather than searching inside itself for racial heroes, the church should learn to celebrate those black fugitives who sought refuge outside of it."--Back cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Claver, Pedro, Saint, 1580-1654. Martín, de Porres, Saint, 1579-1639 Toussaint, Pierre, 1766-1853. SUBJECT Claver, Pedro, Saint, 1580-1654 fast Martín, de Porres, Saint, 1579-1639 fast Toussaint, Pierre, 1766-1853 fast Subject Catholic Church -- History. SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Slavery and the church. Slavery and the church -- South America -- History Slavery and the church -- North America -- History Christian saints -- Attributes. Christian saints -- North America Christian saints -- South America Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography Enslaved persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Slavery -- South America -- History Slavery -- North America -- History Christian hagiography. RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History. RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. Christian hagiography Christian saints Christian saints -- Attributes Fugitive slaves Slavery Slavery and the church Enslaved persons New York (State) -- New York North America South America United States Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781506416731 150641673X

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